My main rule for inclusion was - can I find a picture of it online. I have the aforementioned Palladium book (and blogged about it a while back), so I knew I couldn't just base my drawings on the drawings in that book without inviting problems. If I could find a picture of the weapon online, and if it was interesting, I did my best to render it.

Very cool. Have you seen the Diagram Group's book of weapons? (ISBN = 9780312039509, see Amazon or Barnes & Noble). They have similar charts for various periods, and also a huge assortment of line drawings of weapons.

Telecanter's been posting links to some great weapon books too -- see Telecanter's receding rules, a most excellent blog.